Annual Report 2007

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The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) invested considerable time and resources in promoting signature and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) throughout 2007. As a result of extensive outreach efforts, four more countries ratified the CTBT, bringing the total number of signatures to 177 and the total number of ratifications to 141, including 34 of the 44 States listed in Annex 2 to the Treaty, whose ratification is required for it to enter into force. In September, a fifth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT was held in the Hofburg palace in Vienna. The conference adopted its Final Declaration by consensus – a rare commodity in today’s nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation climate. ....

Annual Report 2007

English

OPENING SECTION:

Cover, Foreword by the Executive Secretary, Directors of the PTS, Table of Content,Abbreviations

Highlights in 2007, Performance Test for the Commission, From Raw Data to Final Product, Processing Waveform and Radionuclide Data, Assessing Quality of Final Products, Tracking Radionuclides Through the Atmosphere, Tsunami Early Warning Systems

Statements Made at the Conference, Conditions for Entry into Force, Declaration of Support, Austrian and Costa Rican Presidency, Address by the Executive Secretary, Report by the Special Representative, Special Event: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunitiesfor the CTBT Appeal from Civil Society